AdamInAZ Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone. I’m new here (1st post). It’s been nearly 21 years since I last owned a Gibson guitar. I had a beautiful black 1999 LP Standard that I sold years ago and regretted it ever since. I’ve always dreamt of owning an ES and today my dream became real. A friend of mine sold me his beautiful Pelham Blue ‘63 reissue. I can honestly say it’s the best playing guitar I may have ever owned going back through years of Ibanezes, Fenders, and a few custom builds. I’m dying to learn more about this guitar. It’s a limited run from Gibson Memphis and it seems like not too many were made in this color. I’d love to know the actual number or anything more anyone can tell me about it. I think it’s a Wildwood Spec based on the model number. Not sure how that makes it different from any other ES. It does have the traditional ABR-1 direct mounted to the body and my friend changed the pickups out for Burstbucker Pros at some point. All I know is it’s a pretty amazing tone monster. Edited October 26, 2020 by AdamInAZ Edit for clarity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Beautiful guitar! The serial number will reveal the year. As for how many were made, give Wildwood a call & see if they can provide the info. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamInAZ Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Thanks for the suggestion about calling Wildwood. I spoke with Greg who was super helpful and here’s what I learned. They looked up the serial number and verified it is a Wildwood Spec VOS guitar. It was part of very limited run of only 250 guitars (100 of them in Pelham Blue) made in 2015. Wildwood specific bits include an aged nitro finish, aged hardware, Wildwood spec pickups (Mine were replaced by previous owner), custom spruce bracing and a maple center block. 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 A very cool guitar! I have a 2012 ES-330 VOS in a natural finish, and from others that I've seen, to my eyes the VOS finish seems to work particularly well with lighter colored instruments. Pelham blue would be a great color for the VOS treatment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Beautiful Guitar and welcome Adam to the forum. My son gave me his Epiphone Limited Edition Custom Pro with the Pelham Blue finish. It has the Burst bucker Pros. It's a great guitar to play. Enjoy playing yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Congrats on your beautiful new guitar 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldorado2001 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 HNGD! That's gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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